Football recruiting: 3 new additions could have immediate impact at ECU …KBO’s NC Dinos are all ‘Wright’ in North Carolina; Whiteville High graduate Mike Wright pitching for KBO’s NC Dinos…ECU’s Jordan Williams gets Canadian citizenship, taken 1st in CFL Draft…ECU BOT discusses athletics, tuition and fees…Cincinnati Bearcats football walk-on Nate Meyer tells father, Urban, he wants to coach…UCF football to host Liberty in 2024…‘Zoom has been a lifeline’: How online video calls have kept UH athletics connected …Empty chair and a football helmet: David Forney remembered at Naval Academy commissioning ceremony…Pac-12 says schools will decide when college sports return after coronavirus crisis…Big South delays moving basketball tournament to Charlotte in cost-cutting measure…Gamecock QB great Connor Shaw scrambling again in new role at South Carolina …Charleston’s Darius Rucker will sing national anthem before Darlington NASCAR race…PGA Tour’s return plan: Minimize risk with regular testing, no handshakes…Rory McIlroy commits to play in RBC Heritage tournament…‘The kind of thing you dream about:’ PGA Championship will return to Charlotte in 2025

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Would 2020 have been the year? Bonesville.net

Fayetteville Observer

• Football recruiting: 3 new additions could have immediate impact at ECU 
• Sonny Jones: Whiteville High graduate Mike Wright pitching for KBO’s NC Dinos

KBO’s NC Dinos are all ‘Wright’ in North Carolina The News Reporter

The East Carolinian

• ECU Football welcomes former Alabama cornerback Nigel Knott
• ECU BOT discusses athletics, tuition and fees
• ECU raises over $40,000 for coronavirus relief

ECU’s Jordan Williams gets Canadian citizenship, taken 1st in CFL Draft North State Journal

ECU Football 2020 Expectations: S Teagan Wilk 247 Sports

Hayden opts for East Carolina Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

ECU, Vidant conducting COVID-19 antibody clinical procedure WNCT 9

Around the American Athletic Conference

AAC Tournament of Champions Simulation SB Nation

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Cincinnati Bearcats football walk-on Nate Meyer tells father, Urban, he wants to coach
• Trent Cloud, Cincinnati Bearcats wide receiver, enters transfer portal
• Prince Toyambi, Cincinnati Bearcats transfer, commits to Georgia Southern

Urban Meyer’s son to play football at Cincinnati under Fickell 247 Sports

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF football to host Liberty in 2024
• Coronavirus forces football coaches, players to adapt to new recruiting landscape

Making the call on college football will be the hardest decision in sports Tampa Bay Times

New SMU commit Jayleen Record keeps promise to late father by choosing ‘dream school’  Dallas Morning News

Memphis coach Ryan SIlverfield says no plans to resume football rivalry with Tennessee Vols Memphis Commercial Appeal

‘Zoom has been a lifeline’: How online video calls have kept UH athletics connected The Daily Cougar

Empty chair and a football helmet: David Forney remembered at Naval Academy commissioning ceremony Annapolis Capital

NCAA cancels basketball recruiting event that was scheduled for Koch Arena in July  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• With NBA draft date in limbo, NCAA indefinitely postpones underclassmen deadline
• Getting to know Wake Forest basketball’s new head coach Steve Forbes
• Pac-12 says schools will decide when college sports return after coronavirus crisis

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest adds Jonah Antonio, a grad transfer from UNLV
• Jaden Lindsay, East Forsyth football lineman, says he will attend Appalachian State
• Ed Hardin: Two months without sports has left us dazed and confused
• Jeff Mills: UNCG’s Wes Miller deserving of top spot in ’40 Under 40′ list
• Randolph Childress to remain at Wake Forest as basketball assistant coach

Tar Heels transfer Francis on board at New Mexico Fayetteville Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ODU’s Glory Johnson was headed to law school. But that’s on hold after she decided to take advantage of an extra year from the NCAA.
• Hampton University men recruit to fill starring role, women shoot for revamped roster

Charleston Post Courier

• Big South delays moving basketball tournament to Charlotte in cost-cutting measure
• Gamecock QB great Connor Shaw scrambling again in new role at South Carolina

Another Gamecock getting projected as a 2021 NFL first rounder  Columbia The State

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• What is a virtual college visit like? Recruits explain
• Georgia Tech, Georgia State schedule 3-game basketball series
• 4-star wide receiver James BlackStrain commits to Georgia Tech
• 5 career moments: Great victories, agonizing defeats both memorable
• Can high school sports return in June? Still too soon to make call

At Penn State, challenges for coach James Franklin and his staff trying to judge players’ progress remotely Philadelphia Inquirer